About the Authors

Weizhe Zhang

Contributed equally to this work with: Weizhe Zhang, Rongjun Wang

Affiliation Department of Parasitology, Harbin Medical University, Harbin, Heilongjiang, China

Rongjun Wang

Contributed equally to this work with: Weizhe Zhang, Rongjun Wang

Affiliation College of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, Henan, China

Fengkun Yang

Affiliation Department of Parasitology, Harbin Medical University, Harbin, Heilongjiang, China

Longxian Zhang

Affiliation College of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, Henan, China

Jianping Cao

Affiliation National Institute of Parasitic Diseases, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Key Laboratory of Parasite and Vector Biology, Ministry of Health, WHO Collaborating Centre for Malaria, Schistosomiasis and Filariasis, Shanghai, China

Xiaoli Zhang

Affiliation Department of Parasitology, Harbin Medical University, Harbin, Heilongjiang, China

Hong Ling

Affiliation Department of Parasitology, Harbin Medical University, Harbin, Heilongjiang, China

Aiqin Liu

liuaiqin1128@126.com (AL); shyj12@yahoo.com.cn (YS)

Affiliation Department of Parasitology, Harbin Medical University, Harbin, Heilongjiang, China

Yujuan Shen

liuaiqin1128@126.com (AL); shyj12@yahoo.com.cn (YS)

Affiliation National Institute of Parasitic Diseases, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Key Laboratory of Parasite and Vector Biology, Ministry of Health, WHO Collaborating Centre for Malaria, Schistosomiasis and Filariasis, Shanghai, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AL YS LZ. Performed the experiments: WZ RW FY. Analyzed the data: RW WZ XZ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LZ JC HL. Wrote the paper: AL RW YS.